On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 00:02:59 -0000, Ann wrote: >When I was doing City & Guilds in Creative Computing - Part 1, which I did >actually finish! - I made quite a large number of T-shirts, most of them >featuring original bits of lace. The problem that I met with was that, >after a couple of washes, the brightly coloured images had more or less >turned into grey-scale, so I became discouraged by this disappointment. Can >anyone tell me if there is any way to make the colours colour-fast?
Mine are colour fast. The brand of transfer paper I used was PC Line, bought from Jessops, a photo equipment retailer. There are 2 sorts of paper, one for dark shirts and one for light. I did follow the instructions to let the printing dry for 30 minutes before doing the iron on part. I also set a timer to ensure that I gave them the required 5 minutes of ironing (well static pressing really). That 5 minutes seems endless, so I would recommend actually timing it; otherwise I think I'd have given up too early. Also I did wash the T shirts in something a bit more gentle than normal detergent. However now the transfers have started to come off I just chuck them in the washing machine with everything else and the colours don't seem to be fading. -- It is through Art, and through Art only, that we can realise our perfection; through Art, and through Art only, that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence. - Oscar Wilde Steph Peters, Manchester, England [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
